Motion-picture-film renovator.



s. H. GREENE. MOTION PICTURE FILM RENO-VATOR.

APPLlcmoN msn usc. 2. 1913.

To' it may concern l' mman saa'rEs PATENT OFFICE.

mismos H. GREENE, oF BINGHAMTON, NEW Yom; ,AssrGNoero pouenasgv.

pairers, and it has for its object to provide a; slmple and substantial mechanism or paired or patched at.' any givenpOintwithout removal from the reel.

'Another object of my invention `isgtcrpr'o-` .vide a cleaning and renovating device for..

v.moving picture ,films that can be used as an attachment, or in conjunction with'the moving picture machine. n

".With these objects in view, my invention consists. in certain vnovel` features of cona5' 7 n struction and arrangement ofv part-s as will view showing the blotterfrolls with `parts inA section.' Fig. 5 is an end view of a part of i drawing. .v v In carrying .out my invention, I provide ag suitable support, or; platform A, whichf' may be disposed between'the usual lfiirn"reels@l behereinafter fully .described and pointed out in the claims, refer-ence being had to;

the-accompanying drawings, in which- .Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device molmted ready forjuse. Fig. 2 is kan end elevation of a part fof my device showing the brushes and their gearing. F ig. 3 is a de tailed view showing the cleaning box with -parts in section. Fig. 4f is another detailed my device mounted on platform. Fig. .6 is

a side elevation of a part of my device showing the manner'of adjusting the blotter' rolls. Fig. 7 is a transverse section 'of one of the'blotter rolls, and Fig. 8 `is 'an' endv y 5` y ment witlrthe cleaning bo'rifGfandzfthe film' reels hereinafter mentioned; Irfhave ith'eblotview ofa part of my device.

parts in each of the yseveral iigures of the F. F1. of a moving'picture machine.

mounted' on'the base 3. In said" frame .2', I have the brush rollers 4. 4, mounted on shafts l GREENE,- ac itizenof ,the United States, residing at'. Binghamton, in the county' of. Broome .fand State .of New York, have invented `certainnew 'and useful' Improvements in Motion'- Picture-Film-Renovators, of which the fol-. l

`lowing isa'speciication. Y 1

My invention relates'to an improvement..

in' motion picture. llm renovators and' re.V

usual.-

' b ase'20. -V f,

'Mounted within frame-"19,1f hav-gehe.: blotterlsrollersl.- 211, whichfarefmounted on A ter rollers, being formedof the oodv Mounted on platform A35 If have the brushing-device B comprisinglthe .frame 2,L

line with` the brush y ,cleaner i .B v'le have the x, if

and the cleaning? Vbaai.; Q.farenaliiement with the 'film reels rEhe cleaning-box C comprises 4the body-portion! 8 `.and :the fliid 9. Slldably mounted mithin thebody'ffpontion Y, 8, I have the' wood;tension;fplate'Qhhsupthe bottom 1`1of the bodyportfion. en..

.Resting on' the tensiondfpla-tei;. I. ave' lthe pad mat V12 vwhich,serves-to.-cuslriorg and i resting- /on the matl'lwhavelthe cleaning mat 13. `The tension 'plateffandfmatsmentioned are slidably mountedwithinetheibody portlon 8' so.'- as to `I'nove :i1-1p1* and @downhupon .the springs 10. 1,0 when.,:.moved bydpressure. On the body portion 8=. Ihavetmounteda lid 9 bymeans of hinge'lsthe '-li'nelzofsfmeeting' between lid -and-'bodv-'portion beingln; an

inclineassh'ownlili Fig.: 1. 11a- Mounted within the: vlid 9.1'. f avethe.- pad mat 14e which isA also a rcleaninglmat', ifand 4slidably mounted fabove. pad mat' 14:3 1and within the lidI ha'vefawoodfill-irig;15.`

1 rMounted 'in the'topof lid 9,1 have the l threaded turn "screws 16.l 16: 'enteringinto threaded openings inwthe wo'dffillig 15. Lid 9'is hinged to'thezl bodyfapotionf by means of the hingeigfilu.17hnd'-hefd by clasps 18.` 181 "l u The mats- 13 and'14,may,bef'ofany-.slitable soft mat erial, `s1ich.` asifffelt, leidlerdown and the like. Thesematsfmaybeimpreg- '6 which mesh'finto Ihave the' p rted by the -coilfsprings'10., 10,'resting onl y nated with, orfsprinkled withffsomeicle'ansing .substance preferably'in'"iiquidzrjform. l

' f Mounted lalso `on platfrmA-g' and finalmeter D composed of "thefframei12?L resting on por- 19 by means of the slidingsockets 23'. 23.

',Mounted opposite 'each other on kthe sides sheets on rolls 21. 21.1,' I may use mats, and

of frame 19, I have the plates 24. 24.- lia-ving in eacli a threaded opening,. and `n iounted within the plates 24. 24,1 have the thumb screw rods 25. 25, which have swivel conf neotion with the sliding sockets 23. 23,

" mounted'in opposite recesses.' 26.

'sidesf'o'f" thebody portion 19.' vWithin the .body portions a. al' of ther'oll--' ers 21.' 211 oftlieblotter D, I have a recess 27 in each roller, and into this recess are exvtended the ends ofthe blott'er surface, b. b1.

.20 means of the shafts 29; 291. lThe end of The platform" A is mounted Von"tlie usual reels F. 'F1,lia 'ing the usual gear Wheels yshaft 291 has the' usual'tht1mb'-nut BO'and washer 31.

the. pulley wheel 32.l On' the reel platform E and Vbetween the reels F. 'F1 and out of.

alineiiient therewith, I mount the table G. 'On the surface of thetable Gr, I have amat f 33,'and at'the edge of table'G I have mount- 'the clasp Onthe lI amant' the beit ai'.- In the `operatiofnof my device, when I deed .by means -of a hinge 34,-'.tlie binder 35,l

and on the Opposite edge of table'G,.I have sire to oleaii a film, I insert the end of the film Hbetw'een the brush rollers 4. .4. I1

"turn the' crankd which moves film I-I through tlie brush w'h'eels 4.4 by means ofthe belt 37 and the gearing 6. .6, and so the film H moves onto the cleaning box C. I open the lid 9 of the cleaning box Cy and placethe box C,on-totlie blotter D. I tlien insert the* end of the film I-Ibetween the blotter rollers 21.' 211fand' turning the crank (i, I move the film on to the pointl of itsconneotion-With the intake'reel F1 Where it is-fastenedinthe 'usual'mannerzto the reel. I thus continue 'turning' untilreel F?, winding' on the ,'filin,

i until the entire film'lias passed'throughthe. "brush v'rollers 4. 4, cleaning box C andblotter rollers 21. 211, and all impurities rea film 'has .become broken or needs patching 'or repairing, I'place the.-filin upon 'the l V `mat 33 -on the surface of the table G,- irst Y,opening the binder I. then closesthe y'binder@and yfasten it with the clasp 36.. The

inthe 'yielding Contact with.; tliesurface ofthe On shaft4 291 and between the thumb nut and the washer 31, I mount pulley wheels -7 and 32.

shaft 22 is"`slidably mounted within' Afrainefilm is thus firmly held in position for any I ,Work found necessary upon it.

It is-obxfious that-in lieu ofthe blotter it also obvious that the rolls .21'. 211, may

,frietilon of the 'passing film. By meansi" the springs 10. -10 inthe cleaning box C the surfacjeof the .mats laretlius ybrought into passing, film.' Also means of the thumb nut 25., I can adjust the space between theblotter rollers 21. 21'? latyany l.convenient -distanceto meetfthe requirements necessary l'for cleaning the film passing through.

Having thus described my inventiom l. A motion picture Vfilm renovatoil" mounted between suppoi't'sfor two-film reels. one` of which supports isgprovided with. reel revolving. means, said renovator comprising 'a pair kof' rotar)T cleaning brushes. between which a iilin'is adaptelltobe drawn when wound 'from one't'o the other reel'and loose dirt removed, drifting means between said revolving means and the "brushe'sta clean? ing box inthe-line of'travl of said film containing a yieldinglyv held mat and a positively adjustable 'cooperating majtfor wiping operating absorbent rollers beyond the cleanv-olving means and Yone of s'aid'bruslies. a' l `,cleaning box `-in the line oft travel ofsaid film containing.' a spring sustained lower in atrand an" adjustable coperating upper vmat for wiping both sides of said film. means for varying the pressure between said-mats, and a pair of coperating rollers beyond theV cleaning box 'provided withiemovable' absorbent coverings and adjustable 5to "and from each other for drying bothfsurfaces of saidfilm. n -In testimony whereof I aflixed inysignaturegin presence of two witnesses.-

BEATRICE n.' GREENE.

-Witnessesc A. L. ROGKEFELLER,

S. A. VALENTINE. 

